Frank seligee



(No Model.)

' F. 'SELIGBR.

HAT AND COAT HOOK.

No. 297,173. Patented Apr. 22, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrics.

FRANK snmenn, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT AND COAT HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,173, dated April22, 1884.

' Application filed October 19, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK SELIGER, of the city of New York, county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hat and Coat Hook,of which the following specification is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to a new hat and coat hook adapted to be carriedin the pocket and to be used whenever required by opening it andfastening it against a wall.

The invention consists in the combination of a plate having a hook,prongs, and a shoulder, with an arm having a knob, all as hereinaftermore fully set out; also, in, the details of construction hereinaftermore fully pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal central sectionof my improved hat and coat hook, showing it opened. Fig. 2 is a similarview showing it closed, and Fig. 3 a front view of the closed hook.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

The letter A represents my improved hat and coat hook,composed,essentially,of a plate, a, and an arm, I). The plate a is bentupward at the bottom to form a hook, 0, and downward at the top to forma shoulder, d. prongs punched out of plate a.

6 6 are \Vithin the eye formed between platea and shoulder (Z ispivoted, by a pin, f, the curved arm I), which is at its end increasedin thickness to form knob g. The upper part of plate a and shoulder dare slotted, so as to allow arm b to be swung backward and forward. whenswung forward, as in Fig. 1, it will be held in a substantiallyhorizontal position by the shoulder d, against which it rests. W'henswung backward, as in Figs. 2 and 3, theknob g is pressed forward toclamp the hookedend c of plate a, and thus the device is locked.

When the hook is to be carried in the pocket, it is closed. and the armb, folding over the prongs 6, will prevent the latter from tearing thepocket. \Vhen opened for use, the arm 0 is swung forward, and the prongse pressed into a wall, 13, by means of the fingers. In this position thearm b will serve as a hathook, and the plate was a coat-hook.

I claim as my invention The combination of plate a, having hook c,prongs e, and shoulder d,with the arm 12, having knob g, substantiallyas herein shown and described.

FRANK SELIGER.

Witnesses:

F. v. BRIESEN, RoBT. H." ROY.

